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Member Testimonials
Imperial Dynasty is built on positive, often reconstructed discipline, perseverance, trust, self-esteem, teamwork, motivation, positive attitudes, education, awareness and personal success. They are a competitive drumline and colorguard associated with Winter Guard International, Tournament of Bands Indoor Association, and the American Marching Association.
The Way Home, Inc. is dedicated to helping those leaving prison reintegrate into society. They meet prisoners upon release, help them with supplies, resources, and education in order to ensure they do not return to prison. They provide transitional housing resources and case management services.
NCALL has been serving Delmarva since 1976 and specializes in affordable housing development, education and lending. NCALL offers pre-purchase counseling, foreclosure prevention education, and provides loans to aid housing development and to enhance the capacity of nonprofit housing organizations.
Financial Data
Assets: $464,087
Liabilities: $75,929
Grants & Donations: $331,738
Membership: $109,906
Programs: $398,467
Investment Income: $1,727
Programs: $825,680
Fundraising: $14,190
Management & General: $155,917
*Some expenses were funded by grants received in 2019
2020 DANA Members
2 Fish Home Renovations
21st Century Fund for Delaware’s Children
A Better Chance for Our Children, Inc.
A Door of Hope Pregnancy Center
A Wave Of Healthy Meals
Absolutely Flawless Women Inc
ACLU of Delaware
Adopt-A-Family
Afri-Female Institute, Inc.
AIDS Delaware
American Legion Ambulance Station 64 Inc
ARIANNA Alliance
ARK Educational Consulting, Inc.
Art Therapy Express Program, Inc.
atTACK Addiction
Autism Delaware, Inc.
Beau Biden Foundation
Bellevue Community Center
Belvedere & Vicinity Community Center
Better Business Bureau of Delaware
Better Homes Of Seaford, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware
Big Fish Charitable Foundation
Biggs Museum of American Art
Birdsong Gardens
Black Phoenix Ink
BlindSight Delaware
Boy Scouts of America Del-Mar-Va Council
Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware
Brain Injury Association Of Delaware
Brandywine Counseling & Community Services, Inc.
Brandywine Valley SPCA
BTL Foundation International Services
Cab Calloway School Fund
CAMP Rehoboth
Cancer Support Community Delaware, Inc.
Cape Henlopen Senior Center
Capital Ringers, Inc.
Cardinal Opportunities
Caring Hearts Helping Hands, Inc.
Catholic Charities
Center for Community Research and Service
Central Baptist CDC
CHEER, Inc.
Child, Inc.
Children And Families First Delaware, Inc.
Children’s Advocacy Center Of Delaware, Inc.
Children’s Beach House, Inc.
Christ Church Christiana Hundred
Christina Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Claymont Community Center
Claymore Senior Center, Inc.
Clear Space Theatre Company
Coastal Concerts
COBA US Inc
Colonial Chapter: Paralyzed Veterans Of America
Comeback Athletes and Artists Network, Inc.
Community Collaboration of Delaware, Inc.
Community Education Building
Community Inspired Actions ( C.I.A )
Community Resource Center
Community Service Building Corporation
Connecting Generations
Connections CSP
ContactLifeline, Inc.
Delaware Academy of Science
Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc.
Delaware Art Museum
Delaware Bar Foundation
Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek
Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition
Delaware Center for Homeless Veterans
Delaware Center for the Inland Bays
Delaware Children’s Museum
Delaware Choral Arts Association
Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence Educational Fund
Delaware Coalition for Open Government
Delaware College of Art and Design
Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Inc.
Delaware Council On Gambling Problems, Inc.
Delaware Dance Company
Delaware Division of Libraries
Delaware Division of the Arts
Delaware Dreams, Inc.
Delaware Ecumenical Council for Children and Families
Delaware First Media Corporation (DE Public Media)
Delaware Foundation for Science and Mathematics Education
Delaware Greenways, Inc.
Delaware Guidance Services For Children & Youth
Delaware HIV Consortium, Inc.
Delaware Hospice, Inc.
Delaware Humane Association
Delaware Humanities
Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education
Delaware Interfaith Power and Light
Delaware Kids Fund
Delaware Library Association
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Delaware Nature Society
Delaware Psychological Association
Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation
Delaware Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inc
Delaware Shakespeare
Delaware SPCA
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
Delaware Symphony Orchestra
Delaware Theatre Company
Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc.
Delaware Zoological Society, Inc.
DelawareCAN
Delmarva Chicken Association
Delmarva Christian School
Development and Research Innovations, Inc.
DFRC
Diamond State Community Land Trust
Disability Law Students Association
DMHOA
Down Syndrome Association of Delaware
Duffy’s Hope Inc.
Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Inc.
Edge for Tomorrow
Embrace
Engineer Early Association
English as a Second Language at LOCOS in Rehoboth Beach
Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware
Faithful Friends Animal Society
FAME, Inc.
Family Counseling Center of St. Paul
Family Promise Delaware
Family SHADE
First State Ballet Theatre, Inc.
First State Community Action Agency, Inc.
Food Bank of Delaware
Forgotten Cats, Inc.
Fort Miles Historical Association
Foster Well
Fraim Center for Active Adults
Freedom Center for Independent Living
Friends of the African Union Church Cemetery
Fund for Women
Gateway House Inc.
GIFT
Girl Scouts Of The Chesapeake Bay Council, Inc.
Girls Inc. of Delaware
Goldey-Beacom College
Good Neighbors Home Repair
Goodwill Industries Of Delaware & Delaware County
Grass Roots Delaware
Greenbank Mill and Philips Farm
Habitat For Humanity of New Castle County
Harrington Senior Center
Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids
Historic Lewes Farmers Market Society
Historic Odessa Foundation
Home of the Brave Foundation
House of Hope Women’s Shelter-Central Delaware Housing Collaborative
Housing Alliance Delaware
Housing Opportunities of Northern Delaware (HOND, Inc.)
Immanuel Shelter
Imperial Dynasty Indoor Arts Program
In Her Shoes Inc
In Trust Center
Inner City Cultural League Inc
Innovate My World
Innovative Community Living
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware, Inc
International Legacy Institute
Jester Artspace
Jesus House Prayer and Renewal Center
Jewish Family Services
Jewish Federation of Delaware
Jonathan Fleming Foundation
Joshua M. Freeman Foundation
Junior League Of Wilmington, Inc.
Kenny Family Foundation
Kent County Tourism Corporation
Kent Sussex Industries, Inc.
Kind to Kids Foundation
Kingswood Community Center, Inc.
La Esperanza, Inc.
La Red Health Center, Inc.
Latin American Community Center, Inc.
Leadership Delaware
Leading Youth Through Empowerment, Inc.
LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware
League of Women Voters of New Castle County Delaware, Inc
Legal Services Corporation of Delaware
Lewes Rehoboth Associations of Churches
Lift Up Lake Street Association
Light Up The Queen Foundation
Limen House, Inc.
Literacy Delaware, Inc.
Lituation Community Center
Lori’s Hands
Love INC of Mid-Delmarva
Lutheran Community Services, Inc.
Lynn Biddle-Cloud
Martinism Group of Colonial Courts
Meals On Wheels Delaware
Medical Society of Delaware
Meet Me at the Well
Mélomanie
Mental Health Association in Delaware
Mid-Atlantic Orphan Care Coalition
Mid-County Senior Center
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Milford 2nd Street Players, Inc.
Milford Housing Development
Milton Community Food Pantry
Ministry of Caring
Mispillion Art League
Modern Maturity Center
Montessori Works
MOT Senior Center
Mt. Cuba Center
Muscle Movement Foundation
Music School of Delaware
NAMI Delaware
National Network for Justice
Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington
NCALL Research, Inc.
NEAIR
Neighborhood House
New Candlelight Productions
New Castle Senior Center, Inc.
New Day Pregnancy Care Center (Pregnancy Help Center of Kent County)
Newark Day Nursery Association, Inc.
Newark Senior Center
Old Swedes Foundation/Historic Site
OperaDelaware
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Delaware in Kent and Sussex Counties
Overfalls Foundation
Partners in Public Safety Solutions, Inc.
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Pathways to Success, Inc.
PAWS for People
Peace By Piece Inc.
People to People International Delaware Chapter
People’s Place II, Inc.
Planned Parenthood Of Delaware
Police Athletic League of Delaware
Pressley Ridge
Primeros Pasos (First Steps), Inc.
Project New Start, Inc.
Public Health Management Corporation
Rainbow of Grace Community Services Inc.
Read Aloud Delaware
Reading ASSIST Institute
Rehoboth Art League, Inc.
Rehoboth Beach Film Society
Rockwood Park Preservation Society
Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Association
Ronald McDonald House Of Delaware, Inc.
Saint Francis Healthcare
SARDAA, Delaware, LLC
SCORE Delaware
Seamen’s Center of Wilmington, Inc.
Seaside Jewish Community
Serviam Girls Academy, Inc.
Serviam Media, Inc. / Dba Hearts & Minds Film
ServiceSource
Siegel JCC
Smyrna-Clayton Heritage Association & Opera House (Smyrna Opera House)
SOAR (Survivors of Abuse in Recovery, Inc.)
Sojourners’ Place
Southern Delaware Therapeutic & Recreational Horseback Riding, Inc. (SDTRHR)
Special Olympics Delaware
Spur Impact Association
St. Anthony’s Community Center, Inc.
St. John’s Community Services
St. Michael’s School and Nursery, Inc.
St. Patrick’s Center, Inc.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
STEM Educational Fund
Sunday Breakfast Mission
Sussex Community Crisis Housing Services, Inc.
Sussex County Habitat for Humanity
Sussex County Health Coalition
Tech Impact
The Carl M. Freeman Foundation
The Choir School of Delaware
The Compassionate Foundation, Inc.
The Delaware Center for Horticulture
The Delaware Contemporary
The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew
The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
The First Tee of Delaware/Urban Youth Golf Program Association
The Grand Opera House
The Historical Society of Delaware
The Lewes Historical Society
The Nanticoke Indian Association, Inc.
The Newark Partnership
The Precision Institute
The Salvation Army
The Shareholder Commons
The SmartDrive Foundation
The Way Home
Tomaro’s C.H.A.N.G.E.
Triumph Empowerment Ministry & Bible College Inc
True Life Church of Newark
Underwear for All
United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware, Inc.
United Way Of Delaware, Inc.
Urban Bike Project of Wilmington, Inc.
Village Volunteers
Walnut Grove Coop Inc
Westside Family Healthcare, Inc.
What Is Your Voice, Inc.
Wilmington Alliance
Wilmington Children’s Chorus
Wilmington Drama League
Wilmington HOPE Commission
Wilmington Montessori School
Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank
Wilmington Senior Center, Inc.
World Trade Center Delaware
YMCA of Delaware
YourMoney101, Inc.
YWCA Delaware, Inc.
Zoe Ministries
Allen Insurance Group
Aurra Media
Barbacane, Thornton & Company
Belfint, Lyons and Shuman, CPA
BrandSwan
Comprehensive Business Services LLC
Cover & Rossiter
Delaware Supermarkets Inc.
Denhardt Consulting LLC
EB Strategy Partners
East Coast Property Management
Faw Casson
First Citizens Community Bank
G. Fedale Roofing & Siding
Gorges & Co.
Gunnip & Company CPAs
Howie Marketing & Consulting
IFS Benefits, LLC
Insperity
Insurance and Financial Services Limited
Maillie LLP
Mallard Financial Partners Inc.
Martel, Inc.
Mutual Of America
Resiliency Coaching and HR Consulting
SC Associates Tax & Accounting
Sheraton Wilmington South
SSD Technology Partners
Sun East Federal Credit Union
Wheeler Wolfenden & Dwares, CPA
Whisman Giordano & Associates LLC
Your Part-Time Controller
ZenBusiness
Alternative Housing 4 Humans & Animals, Inc.
Amber Group, LLC
Bellefonte Arts
Brandon Lee Brinkley Foundation, Inc.
Compassionate Health Initiatives
Creative Virtual Learners Academy
Delaware Alliance Against Sexual Violence
Digital A11ies
From the Ashes
Hispanic American Association of Delaware
Kohnlinq, Inc
Reel Families for Change, Inc.
Rodney Square Conservancy
Springboard
The Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research
The NERDiT Foundation
Tyrrea Graves
Village Education Tutors Foundation
William H and Mary Boyd Foundation Inc.
Byron Deese
Carolyn Natrin
Christina Marconi
Darlene Thomas
David Szumski
Jasmine James
Jim Carrington
Krystine Sipple
Lotus Healthcare Group
Marika Schoolar
Michael Clarke
Michele Schiavoni
Susan Anderson
Susan Sherk
Tom Thunstrom
Tonya Lanier
Utopia Session
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Our Team
DANA Staff
Sheila Bravo
President and Chief Executive Director
Mel Carney
Executive Assistant
Franca Del Signore
Insights Manager
Tony Ferlenda
Director of Consulting
Jalissia Haynes
DEI Program Coordinator
Melissa Hopkins
Executive Vice President of Sector Advancement
Angela McDermott
Project Manager
Nadine Moone
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Todd Pipkin
Senior Vice President of Consulting
Leslie Poland
Communications Manager
Paul Stock
Senior Consultant
DANA Board of Directors
Dominic Canuso (Chair)
WSFS Bank
Patti Grimes (Vice Chair)
Carl M. Freeman Foundation
Vickie Young Beam (Treasurer)
Cover & Rossiter
Charles Vincent (Secretary)
Spur Impact
Fay Blake
Pathways to Success
Jennifer Cho
Barclays
Patricia Dailey Lewis
Beau Biden Foundation
Lisa Lucchese
JP Morgan Chase
Dr. Vita Pickrum
Delaware State University
Joanne Reilly
Community Leader
Mary Van Veen
DuPont
Robert Winfree
JP Morgan Chase